NIM BinsThe CAMAC crate is one thing but the old NIM bins are still used. The Gate Generator, Counter, delay boxes, and power supplies go in these bins.
NIM Bins
The CAMAC crate is one thing but the old NIM bins are still used. The Gate Generator, Counter, delay boxes, and power supplies go in these bins.
Figure 1 : Nim bins. The top bin has: discriminator (black,
unused), logic unit (blue, unused), gate generator, counter (brown), C.A.E.N. power
supply (red), and a silver power supply.
The middle bin has 4 power supplies and 2 delay boxes (blue and black).
The big blue thing on the bottom is a distribution box. It gets powered by one of the
power supplies. It has many channels, each with a column of pins where you subtract
however many volts you want (up to 300V) from the input voltage (which has been 1200V
for as long as I can remember).